Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....30.

Final pic from this walk.

Final look across to the levels.

 

Walk to Llyn Bowydd.....29.

Large rocks at the side of the lake.

Happy campers packing up.

  

A final look over to the lake.

 

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Tramway cutting.

  

About to go through another cutting.

Dark waters, coloured by peat.

 

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Natures garden.

  

Back of the dam.

  

Time to cross back over the dam.

 

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Ruins of the old dressing sheds, powered by water from the lakes.

  

Looking down on part of Blaenau Ffestiniog and Tanygrisiau.

  

Front of the drum house.

 

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View to the quarry.

  

Winding drum house.

  

Looking down the incline.

 

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View over the wall.

  

Winding drum house.

  

As my knee is a bit dodgy I climbed the fence instead.

  

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Quarry building ruins.

In the distance, the Irish sea.

View across the valley.

 

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Looking towards the power station.

  

Quarry workings.

  

Top of the incline.

 

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In the distance the two hydro reservoirs.

 

Quarry workings.

  

View to the mountains.

    

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Small dam.

  

Front of the dam.

  

Old concrete water pipes.

 

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A hill to climb next time.

  

Behind the dam wall.

  

Large lump of quartz.

 

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Sun on the water.

  

Keeping an eye on things.

  

Water entering the underground pipes.

 

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Pipe crossing. With the very low temperatures up here I'm sure there must 

have been lagging on the pipes. 

 

Overflow down the valley.

 

Pipe opening.

 

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The second dam wall at Llwn Nowydd.

  

Water pipes.

  

Water pipes carrying water down the valley to power machinery.

 

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Discarded water depth indicators.

  

Some of the smashed up jetty timbers.

  

Looking across to the Stwlan dam.

  

 

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Cloud reflections.
  

There was once a wooden jetty here, vandalised in
recent years. The pole indicates where it ended.
 

More remains of the jetty.
 

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About to ross the dam.

Looking at the distant mountains gives  an indication
of how high up the lake is.
    

Low lying duck.